Elections Canada chides two Montrealers for ballot stunt

MONTREAL – Two Montrealers have been admonished by Elections Canada for taking part in a voting hoax that was documented on a popular French-language comedy show.

Laura-Emmanuelle Gagne and Simon Poulin each received an extra voter information card prior to the May 2, 2011 federal election — one for their own electoral district and, erroneously, another card for a neighbouring district.

On voting day, Gagne and Poulin decided to cast a ballot at two different polling stations to prove a point, with both opting to spoil their second ballot.

Infoman, a program on CBC’s French-language network that is sometimes likened